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Shirley MacLaine

Name at birth: Shirley MacLane BeatyShirley MacLaine won a best actress Oscar for playing quirky matriarch Aurora Greenway in the tearjerker Terms of Endearment (1983, with Deborah Winger and Jack…

Rene Russo

A tall and sexy actress in the Geena Davis mold, Rene Russo has made a career out of playing brainy-but-nutty love interests in Hollywood action films and comedies. She began as a model, appearing…

Lee Van Cleef

Name at birth: Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Jr.Lee Van Cleef's hawk nose and squinty, sinister leer made him a beloved villain in movie westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. Van Cleef played henchmen and…

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins won an Oscar as best supporting actor for his role in the 2003 Clint Eastwood drama Mystic River. Robbins grew up in Greenwich Village in New York, where he got involved with the theater…

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm played Don Draper, the creative and womanizing anti-hero of the hit TV series Mad Men, from 2007-2015. The show made Hamm, dark-haired and clasically handsome, into one of TV's most popular…

Kevin Bacon

Now known for dramatic and even dark movie roles, Kevin Bacon first became a box-office star as a gotta-dance rebel in the MTV-styled hit Footloose (1984). Bacon started his acting career on the New…

Lee Marvin

Tall, white-haired and, at times, just plain mean-looking, Lee Marvin was one of the most rugged heroes of the big screen and one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the late 1960s. A decorated veteran…

Patricia Clarkson

After nearly twenty years of steady work and solid performances, actress Patricia Clarkson gained widespread critical notice in 2003 for her performances in the films The Station Agent and Pieces of…

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer Ennio Morricone was known for his film scores, especially the 1960s westerns of Sergio Leone that starred Clint Eastwood. Morricone was nominated for an Oscar six times, winning…

1992 Academy Awards

The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax)A Few Good Men, David…